# Accident 20090428046949A: Piper PA-24-180, Birchwood, AK, April 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2009, 15:15 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7352P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7352P-2012-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,976 total, 611 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090428046949A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW, THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED A PARTIAL POWER PLANT FAILURE.  THE PILOT, AND OWNER OF THE PA-24 EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED TO EXTEND THE GLIDE RANGE OF THE AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT PATH.  ON FINAL APPROACH, AT 150 TO 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR COMMENTED THAT THE LOSS OF POWER DEMONSTRATION WAS SATISFACTORY BUT IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN THE GLIDE RATE WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED.  WHEN THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN, THE GLIDE PATH WAS REDUCED AND THE INSTRUCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO ADD POWER.  WHEN THE PILOT ADDED FULL THROTTLE, THE POWER DID NOT INCREASE, BUT REMAINED THE SAME.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOW FENCE.THE WEATHER WAS VFR, THE WINDS WERE LIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 52, AND THE DEW POINT WAS 34 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC09LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA036), Apr 28, 2009: Piper PA-24-180 (N7352P), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot during a simulated loss of engine power, and the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat while operating at a reduced engine power while in…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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